McCluskey and Bower, who advanced to the third day of the IHSA Boys State Tennis Tournament, were named to the All-State Second Team.

McCluskey and Bower finished 4-2 at the state tourney. They went 2-0 on the first day, but on Friday had to battle back to stay alive after dropping a third-round match. They did so, setting up Saturday’s consolation quarterfinal match.

Playing in the consolation bracket on the last day of the three-day tourney, McCluskey and Bower dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Chicago Northside’s Nicholas Biemadski and Justin Penados in a consolation quarterfinal match Saturday morning, ending their run at the state tourney which included four victories.

On the second day of the state tourney, Bower and McCluskey dropped their third-round match to Mount Zion’s Andy Hinch and Joe Demirjian, 3-6, 6-2, 0-6 to drop to the consolation bracket.

On the opening day of the state tournament, McCluskey and Bower swept a pair of matches. They defeated Jack Anderson and Johnny Hamilton of LaGrange Park Nazareth Academy 6-0, 6-3 in their tournament opener. They then knocked off Andrey Shor and Pranav Vaswani of Vernon Hills 6-0, 6-3 in a second-round match.

The two-class state tournament was hosted by Arlington Heights Hersey High School and was played at sites around the Chicagoland area.

To advance to the state tourney, McClusky and Bower defeated Triad’s Sean Froidcouer and Jaden Henderson to win the doubles championship at the Triad Class 1A Sectional Tournament. In doubles final, McClusky and Bower won a thriller. They grabbed the first set 7-6 in a tiebreaker and won the second set 6-2.

Just 24 singles players and 24 doubles teams are selected from the two-class state finals.